Patents by Inventor Mark Coverdill

Mark Coverdill has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and apparatus for monitoring the availability of network resources
    Patent number: 7496659
    Abstract: A method for monitoring the availability of resources in a network comprises the computer-implemented steps of receiving an activity announcement packet from a node in the network; determining that the node is potentially inactive if no successive activity announcement packet is received from the node within a specified first time period; and determining that the node is inactive if no successive activity announcement packet is received from the node within a specified second time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2009
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Coverdill, Jonathan Gohstand